Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[LhickenChicken]

Couldn't Muffin have a few standard hens for company? If they grow up as chicks with her they won't bother her later on.

Possibly. I'm just afraid they might start pecking her

 

[featherhead007]

I can meet you at the border for lunch I am sure I can get them across noooo problem!

But yes they have a nice selection, not sure if it is straight run though for the chooks. I might revisit there again.

Smuggling chooks across the border of US/Canada? Shame. What are you gonna do, throw them across the border “here catch!”

 

[rural mouse]

Temperature dependent sex ratio is recognized in reptiles.
Here is a legit scientific study that demonstrated it happens in turkeys.
It seems quite likely that cold results in more males - the paper gives temperatures used in their study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1629050/#:~:text=Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD,eggs begins (Hardy 2002).

The article I read was about temp exposure before incubation actually starts. Eggs were then incubated at standard temps.

Interesting article. Didn't know Australia had a turkey. Being as it doesn't incubate its eggs, but let's the environment take care of that, not sure if it's related to the birds in the Americas.

 

[rural mouse]

Smuggling chooks across the border of US/Canada? Shame. What are you gonna do, throw them across the border “here catch!”

something like that....

 

[Ponypoor]

Buff Orp fact sheet

Cold hardy, not overly heat tolerant, hens around 8lbs.

https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/buff-orpington/

 

[Ponypoor]

Smuggling chooks across the border of US/Canada? Shame. What are you gonna do, throw them across the border “here catch!”

Well I was thinking of shoving them in a Kleenex box under the seat of my truck…. Less obvious than chucking them across I would say!

 

[featherhead007]

Well I was thinking of shoving them in a Kleenex box under the seat of my truck…. Less obvious than chucking them across I would say!

Imagine getting busted smuggling chickens into the United States. I wonder what the penalty is for that?

 

[Ponypoor]

Possibly. I'm just afraid they might start pecking her

I would go with a couple buff Orps or Brahmas they seem to be very quiet and not bully otjers.

 

[Ponypoor]

Imagine getting busted smuggling chickens into the United States. I wonder what the penalty is for that?

Hmmmmm ya I might ‘roo’ the day on that one, will give it further henvestigation.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

Try warm water - mine like that, and they really like the stuff I rinse my feed buckets and mix buckets with - warm wild water

Those are really nice photos of grandma I haven’t seen those before.

They can drink water. They just don't want to while I'm here.
Also, I have used warm water.